Adam Drapcho

CONCORD — Senate President Jeb Bradley sent out a statement Thursday saying his career of service, which stretches over more than three decades, would come to a close at the end of his current term.

It’s unsurprising, even expected, that tourism took a hit during the pandemic years. Spring of 2020 saw visitor spending plummet. What was surprising, though, was not just that visitor spending rebounded, but that it quickly overshot earlier boom years.

Judge Elizabeth Leonard administers the oath of office for Keith Cormier who was named Belknap County Attorney on Friday. (Adam Drapcho/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)

LACONIA — The school board will consider approving a budget for the coming school year that is 5% greater than the current budget at its regular meeting Tuesday, with the increase largely driven by salaries and benefits.

ALTON — Amy Grimm has enjoyed Lake Winnipesaukee since she was a child, first coming to visit a family lakehouse, and as an adult, she brings her own children to

Cormier said he was “honored” the county delegation entrusted him with the position, and he was “excited” to fulfill the role

LACONIA — The city’s school board unanimously approved a budget for the coming school year that is 5% greater than the current budget. The school budget will next be taken

Nathan Lamarre jogs in downtown Laconia on Thursday afternoon. Lamarre is planning to run around Lake Winnipesaukee on Wednesday, May 15. Only two other people are known to have completed the 62-mile path. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)

LACONIA — Superior Court Judge Mark Attorri affirmed a state labor board decision that found the Laconia School District owed a former employee for unused vacation time after she was

Lake Winnipesaukee Association Board Member Mark Ishkanian, center, addresses a small crowd of supporters at the Alton Bay Pavilion on Friday, as LWA Executive Director Patricia Tarpey, left, and Elizabeth McKenna, special assistant for policy and projects for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's office, right, listen. Shaheen helped secure $650,000 in federal funding for the LWA to complete a comprehensive watershed management plan for Lake Winnipesaukee, focusing on phosphorous contamination, which leads to ill effects such as cyanobacteria blooms. (Adam Drapcho/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)